2 Chronicles 11:3
in 2 Chronicles 11“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
KJV
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin
on 2 Chronicles 11:1-4
Rehoboam musters Judah and Benjamin, “180,000 chosen warriors,” to force the ten tribes back, and the passage runs word for word with 1 Kings 12:21-24. Chronicles keeps Shemaiah's oracle, “You are not to go up and fight against your brothers,” and the king obeys a prophet over an army mustered.
This site's exposition
all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
The word reaches the king and all his people. Barnes reads Judah and Benjamin as the common name for the southern kingdom. He points to verses 12 and 23, where the same pair names the kingdom.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He saw it was to no purpose to think of reducing those that had revolted. A few good words might have prevented their defection, but now all the forces of his kingdom cannot bring them back. The think is done, and so it must rest; it is his wisdom to make the best of it.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֱמֹ֕ר | ʾemor | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| רְחַבְעָ֥ם | rechavam | Rehoboam | H7346 → | 50 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וְאֶל֙ | veel | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בִּיהוּדָ֥ה | bihudah | in Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּבִנְיָמִ֖ן | uvinyamin | and Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
אֱמֹ֕רsay
ʾemorH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
רְחַבְעָ֥םRehoboam
rechavamH7346 →50 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וְאֶל֙and to
veelH413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בִּיהוּדָ֥הin Judah
bihudahH3063 →819 times
וּבִנְיָמִ֖ןand Benjamin
uvinyaminH1144 →166 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 3:5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
- Romans 11:1
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
- Acts 23:6
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in…
- Genesis 17:12
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
- Acts 26:4–5
Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 11:22
Through
2 Kings 17:34To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
- Genesis 35:10
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- 1 Kings 18:31
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles

Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.
- PersonDivided kingdomRehoboamSolomon's son whose refusal of the elders' counsel at Shechem — answering the people with scorpions — tore ten tribes from the hou…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
